Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace
A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.
Download DESIGN.md
Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.
specification
philosophy
tokens
borders4 items
- accent width
- 2px
- character
- dry ink-neutral rules, square joins, active edge switches to indigo or persimmon only for current work
- default width
- 1px
- style
- solid hairline with occasional inset rule
colors12 items
motion3 items
- duration
- 140ms
- easing
- cubic-bezier(.2,.0,.1,1)
- philosophy
- small paper registration shifts of 1-2px on focus or hover; no bouncing, scaling, or decorative reveals
radii5 items
- full
- 9999px
- lg
- 5px
- md
- 3px
- none
- 0
- sm
- 2px
shadows3 items
- lg
- 0 18px 36px rgba(47,52,64,0.08)
- md
- 0 8px 18px rgba(47,52,64,0.06)
- sm
- 0 1px 0 rgba(37,35,31,0.05)
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 40, 48, 64
surfaces3 items
- bg pattern
- CSS radial micro-speckles and faint 45-degree fibers at under 0.18 opacity
- card style
- flat rectangular panels, 1px hairline border, 2px offset under-sheet, radius no larger than 5px
- treatment
- warm off-white paper planes with visible layer seams and low-contrast fiber grain
typography8 items
- base size
- 16px
- body font
- IBM Plex Sans
- google fonts url
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;450;500;600&family=Literata:opsz,wght@7..72,500;7..72,600&display=swap
- heading font
- Literata
- letter spacing
- -0.012em
- line height
- 1.52
- mono font
- IBM Plex Mono
- scale ratio
- 1.2
rules
Organize screens as a reading desk: a slim index rail, a wide note canvas, and a clipped source inspector. Align every element to 12 columns and allow one quiet asymmetric gap for breathing room.
High information density for expert reading: compact controls, 12-16px vertical rhythm, generous line length limits, and no marketing-scale whitespace.
Hierarchy comes from font voice, rule weight, and column placement. Titles use Literata, interface labels use IBM Plex Sans caps or small text, citations use IBM Plex Mono, while color appears only for active or sourced items.
layout
mobile 375px single column, tablet 768px rail plus stacked inspector, desktop 1440px full rail/canvas/inspector grid
12-column grid with 24px outer margin on desktop, 16px on tablet, and a collapsible rail on mobile; content spans are intentionally asymmetric.
Whitespace is narrow and purposeful: 8px baseline increments, one quiet gutter between reading and evidence, and compact vertical grouping for long sessions.
guidance
- Use warm off-white layers and ink-neutral typography before adding any color.
- Make source, citation, and active-work states the only places for indigo or persimmon.
- Keep radii nearly square and borders hairline so the interface feels like precise paper registration.
- Use real knowledge-work content with citations, excerpts, drafts, and review states.
- Do not use literal Japanese icons, waves, seals, fans, or decorative calligraphy motifs.
- Do not introduce generic blue SaaS buttons, large shadows, or glossy gradients.
- Do not center every panel or dilute the dense reading workspace into a landing page.
- Do not use accent colors for generic decoration or secondary visual noise.
katagami spec
# Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace ## Philosophy Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace is a light, text-first interface language for research notes, source review, and editorial synthesis. It treats the screen like layered warm paper held by a precise Swiss grid: calm enough for sustained reading, structured enough for dense knowledge work, and subtly irregular enough to feel authored rather than sterile. ### Values - sustained readability over display drama - layered off-white material clarity - typographic precision with quiet asymmetry - craft abstraction without cultural literalism - accent restraint for meaningful actions only ### Anti-Values - ornamental Japanese motifs or decorative pastiche - generic white SaaS cards with blue highlights - heavy shadows, glossy gradients, and rounded-pill excess - low-density marketing layouts that waste reading space ### Visual Character - Use a 12-column Swiss grid with a narrow vertical index rail and asymmetric content spans so navigation, notes, and metadata align to visible column logic. - Render warm off-white surfaces as two or three flat paper layers using 1px hairline borders, tiny offset seams, and almost no shadow. - Apply a repeating micro-grain CSS background with low opacity radial and linear noise abstraction on the body and major panels, never figurative motifs. - Pair a humanist serif for titles with a compact sans for interface text and an optical mono for citations, using tight line-height and measured letter spacing. - Reserve low-chroma indigo and persimmon accents for active focus, cited source markers, and one primary action; all other states stay ink-neutral. ## Tokens ### Borders - **Accent Width**: 2px - **Character**: dry ink-neutral rules, square joins, active edge switches to indigo or persimmon only for current work - **Default Width**: 1px - **Style**: solid hairline with occasional inset rule ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | accent | `#565f8f` | | background | `#f7f2e8` | | border | `#d8d0c0` | | error | `#9b4a3e` | | info | `#565f8f` | | muted | `#7a756b` | | primary | `#2f3440` | | secondary | `#6b665d` | | success | `#5e6f52` | | surface | `#fffaf0` | | text | `#25231f` | | warning | `#a76b35` | ### Motion - **Duration**: 140ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(.2,.0,.1,1) - **Philosophy**: small paper registration shifts of 1-2px on focus or hover; no bouncing, scaling, or decorative reveals ### Radii - **Full**: 9999px - **Lg**: 5px - **Md**: 3px - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 2px ### Shadows - **Lg**: 0 18px 36px rgba(47,52,64,0.08) - **Md**: 0 8px 18px rgba(47,52,64,0.06) - **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(37,35,31,0.05) ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,20,24,32,40,48,64] ### Surfaces - **Bg Pattern**: CSS radial micro-speckles and faint 45-degree fibers at under 0.18 opacity - **Card Style**: flat rectangular panels, 1px hairline border, 2px offset under-sheet, radius no larger than 5px - **Treatment**: warm off-white paper planes with visible layer seams and low-contrast fiber grain ### Typography - **Base Size**: 16px - **Body Font**: IBM Plex Sans - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;450;500;600&family=Literata:opsz,wght@7..72,500;7..72,600&display=swap - **Heading Font**: Literata - **Letter Spacing**: -0.012em - **Line Height**: 1.52 - **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono - **Scale Ratio**: 1.2 ## Rules ### Composition Organize screens as a reading desk: a slim index rail, a wide note canvas, and a clipped source inspector. Align every element to 12 columns and allow one quiet asymmetric gap for breathing room. ### Density High information density for expert reading: compact controls, 12-16px vertical rhythm, generous line length limits, and no marketing-scale whitespace. ### Hierarchy Hierarchy comes from font voice, rule weight, and column placement. Titles use Literata, interface labels use IBM Plex Sans caps or small text, citations use IBM Plex Mono, while color appears only for active or sourced items. ### Signature Patterns - Paper seam stack: cards and inspectors use a ::after under-sheet offset by 2px with a hairline border to expose layered surface hierarchy. - Citation thread rail: mono source markers sit on a vertical hairline with indigo active ticks and persimmon unresolved flags to connect notes to evidence. - Asymmetric Swiss reading grid: the central document spans seven columns while metadata occupies three, with a one-column quiet gutter instead of centered symmetry. - Dry-grain focus field: focused controls add a 2px inset indigo edge and reveal slightly denser micro-grain rather than glow, shadow, or saturated fill. ## Layout ### Breakpoints mobile 375px single column, tablet 768px rail plus stacked inspector, desktop 1440px full rail/canvas/inspector grid ### Grid 12-column grid with 24px outer margin on desktop, 16px on tablet, and a collapsible rail on mobile; content spans are intentionally asymmetric. ### Whitespace Whitespace is narrow and purposeful: 8px baseline increments, one quiet gutter between reading and evidence, and compact vertical grouping for long sessions. ## Guidance ### Do - Use warm off-white layers and ink-neutral typography before adding any color. - Make source, citation, and active-work states the only places for indigo or persimmon. - Keep radii nearly square and borders hairline so the interface feels like precise paper registration. - Use real knowledge-work content with citations, excerpts, drafts, and review states. ### Don't - Do not use literal Japanese icons, waves, seals, fans, or decorative calligraphy motifs. - Do not introduce generic blue SaaS buttons, large shadows, or glossy gradients. - Do not center every panel or dilute the dense reading workspace into a landing page. - Do not use accent colors for generic decoration or secondary visual noise.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
accent: "#565f8f"
background: "#f7f2e8"
border: "#d8d0c0"
error: "#9b4a3e"
info: "#565f8f"
muted: "#7a756b"
primary: "#2f3440"
secondary: "#6b665d"
success: "#5e6f52"
surface: "#fffaf0"
text: "#25231f"
warning: "#a76b35"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Literata"
fontSize: "1.728rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.012em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Literata"
fontSize: "1.44rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.012em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "IBM Plex Sans"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.52
letterSpacing: "-0.012em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
full: "9999px"
lg: "5px"
md: "3px"
none: "0px"
sm: "2px"
spacing:
base: "8px"
xs: "4px"
sm: "8px"
md: "12px"
lg: "16px"
xl: "20px"
2xl: "24px"
3xl: "32px"
4xl: "40px"
step-8: "48px"
step-9: "64px"
components:
color-reference-accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-background:
backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
color-reference-border:
backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
color-reference-error:
backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
color-reference-info:
backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
color-reference-muted:
backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
color-reference-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
color-reference-secondary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
color-reference-success:
backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
color-reference-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
color-reference-text:
backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
color-reference-warning:
backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
button-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
textColor: "#ffffff"
typography: "{typography.label-md}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
card-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
input-default:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
height: "44px"
---
# Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace
## Overview
Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace is a light, text-first interface language for research notes, source review, and editorial synthesis. It treats the screen like layered warm paper held by a precise Swiss grid: calm enough for sustained reading, structured enough for dense knowledge work, and subtly irregular enough to feel authored rather than sterile.
### Values
- sustained readability over display drama
- layered off-white material clarity
- typographic precision with quiet asymmetry
- craft abstraction without cultural literalism
- accent restraint for meaningful actions only
### Anti-Values
- ornamental Japanese motifs or decorative pastiche
- generic white SaaS cards with blue highlights
- heavy shadows, glossy gradients, and rounded-pill excess
- low-density marketing layouts that waste reading space
### Visual Character
- Use a 12-column Swiss grid with a narrow vertical index rail and asymmetric content spans so navigation, notes, and metadata align to visible column logic.
- Render warm off-white surfaces as two or three flat paper layers using 1px hairline borders, tiny offset seams, and almost no shadow.
- Apply a repeating micro-grain CSS background with low opacity radial and linear noise abstraction on the body and major panels, never figurative motifs.
- Pair a humanist serif for titles with a compact sans for interface text and an optical mono for citations, using tight line-height and measured letter spacing.
- Reserve low-chroma indigo and persimmon accents for active focus, cited source markers, and one primary action; all other states stay ink-neutral.
## Colors
Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.
| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| accent | `#565f8f` |
| background | `#f7f2e8` |
| border | `#d8d0c0` |
| error | `#9b4a3e` |
| info | `#565f8f` |
| muted | `#7a756b` |
| primary | `#2f3440` |
| secondary | `#6b665d` |
| success | `#5e6f52` |
| surface | `#fffaf0` |
| text | `#25231f` |
| warning | `#a76b35` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Literata, 1.728rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Literata, 1.44rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: IBM Plex Sans, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.52.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.
## Layout
### Spacing Tokens
- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `20px`
- **2xl**: `24px`
- **3xl**: `32px`
- **4xl**: `40px`
- **Step-8**: `48px`
- **Step-9**: `64px`
### Breakpoints
mobile 375px single column, tablet 768px rail plus stacked inspector, desktop 1440px full rail/canvas/inspector grid
### Grid
12-column grid with 24px outer margin on desktop, 16px on tablet, and a collapsible rail on mobile; content spans are intentionally asymmetric.
### Whitespace
Whitespace is narrow and purposeful: 8px baseline increments, one quiet gutter between reading and evidence, and compact vertical grouping for long sessions.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Lg**: 0 18px 36px rgba(47,52,64,0.08)
- **Md**: 0 8px 18px rgba(47,52,64,0.06)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(37,35,31,0.05)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `5px`
- **Md**: `3px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `2px`
### Surfaces
- **Bg Pattern**: CSS radial micro-speckles and faint 45-degree fibers at under 0.18 opacity
- **Card Style**: flat rectangular panels, 1px hairline border, 2px offset under-sheet, radius no larger than 5px
- **Treatment**: warm off-white paper planes with visible layer seams and low-contrast fiber grain
### Borders
- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: dry ink-neutral rules, square joins, active edge switches to indigo or persimmon only for current work
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid hairline with occasional inset rule
## Components
### Composition
Organize screens as a reading desk: a slim index rail, a wide note canvas, and a clipped source inspector. Align every element to 12 columns and allow one quiet asymmetric gap for breathing room.
### Density
High information density for expert reading: compact controls, 12-16px vertical rhythm, generous line length limits, and no marketing-scale whitespace.
### Hierarchy
Hierarchy comes from font voice, rule weight, and column placement. Titles use Literata, interface labels use IBM Plex Sans caps or small text, citations use IBM Plex Mono, while color appears only for active or sourced items.
### Signature Patterns
- Paper seam stack: cards and inspectors use a ::after under-sheet offset by 2px with a hairline border to expose layered surface hierarchy.
- Citation thread rail: mono source markers sit on a vertical hairline with indigo active ticks and persimmon unresolved flags to connect notes to evidence.
- Asymmetric Swiss reading grid: the central document spans seven columns while metadata occupies three, with a one-column quiet gutter instead of centered symmetry.
- Dry-grain focus field: focused controls add a 2px inset indigo edge and reveal slightly denser micro-grain rather than glow, shadow, or saturated fill.
## shadcn/ui Usage
When the target app uses shadcn/ui, copy DESIGN.md with shadcn instead of the plain DESIGN.md. It contains the same Katagami design-language source plus the shadcn/ui primitives, imports, theme variables, component recipes, and preview-shot guidance.
DESIGN.md with shadcn: `/language/en-019edc8b-c3c1-7211-a3ab-d7d70150906c/DESIGN.with-shadcn.md`.
The shadcn page also exposes optional machine-readable files for automation, but the human-facing handoff is DESIGN.md with shadcn.
Install recommended primitives with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
Use these primitives in shadcn apps:
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Implementation rule for agents: import shadcn primitives from `@/components/ui/*`, apply the generated CSS variables first, then compose the language-specific recipes from the companion MD. Katagami remains the source of truth; shadcn names are the implementation surface.
## Do's and Don'ts
- Do Use warm off-white layers and ink-neutral typography before adding any color.
- Do Make source, citation, and active-work states the only places for indigo or persimmon.
- Do Keep radii nearly square and borders hairline so the interface feels like precise paper registration.
- Do Use real knowledge-work content with citations, excerpts, drafts, and review states.
- Don't Do not use literal Japanese icons, waves, seals, fans, or decorative calligraphy motifs.
- Don't Do not introduce generic blue SaaS buttons, large shadows, or glossy gradients.
- Don't Do not center every panel or dilute the dense reading workspace into a landing page.
- Don't Do not use accent colors for generic decoration or secondary visual noise.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "quiet-craft-knowledge-workspace",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#f7f2e8",
"foreground": "#25231f",
"card": "#fffaf0",
"card-foreground": "#25231f",
"popover": "#fffaf0",
"popover-foreground": "#25231f",
"primary": "#2f3440",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#6b665d",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#7a756b",
"muted-foreground": "#25231f",
"accent": "#565f8f",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9b4a3e",
"border": "#d8d0c0",
"input": "#d8d0c0",
"ring": "#565f8f",
"chart-1": "#2f3440",
"chart-2": "#6b665d",
"chart-3": "#565f8f",
"chart-4": "#5e6f52",
"chart-5": "#a76b35",
"sidebar": "#fffaf0",
"sidebar-foreground": "#25231f",
"sidebar-primary": "#2f3440",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#565f8f",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#d8d0c0",
"sidebar-ring": "#565f8f",
"radius": "3px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#2f3440",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#565f8f",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9b4a3e",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#565f8f",
"chart-1": "#2f3440",
"chart-2": "#6b665d",
"chart-3": "#565f8f",
"chart-4": "#5e6f52",
"chart-5": "#a76b35",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#2f3440",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#565f8f",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#565f8f",
"radius": "3px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019edc8b-c3c1-7211-a3ab-d7d70150906c",
"slug": "quiet-craft-knowledge-workspace",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
}
}
}
```embodiments
at a glance
Typography
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
Components
Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.
Spacing
- base8px
- xs4px
- sm8px
- md12px
- lg16px
- xl20px
- 2xl24px
- 3xl32px
- 4xl40px
- step-848px
- step-964px
Shape
implementation kit
DESIGN.md with shadcn
Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.
advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table:root {
--background: #f7f2e8;
--foreground: #25231f;
--card: #fffaf0;
--card-foreground: #25231f;
--popover: #fffaf0;
--popover-foreground: #25231f;
--primary: #2f3440;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #6b665d;
--secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
--muted: #7a756b;
--muted-foreground: #25231f;
--accent: #565f8f;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #9b4a3e;
--border: #d8d0c0;
--input: #d8d0c0;
--ring: #565f8f;
--chart-1: #2f3440;
--chart-2: #6b665d;
--chart-3: #565f8f;
--chart-4: #5e6f52;
--chart-5: #a76b35;
--sidebar: #fffaf0;
--sidebar-foreground: #25231f;
--sidebar-primary: #2f3440;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #565f8f;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #d8d0c0;
--sidebar-ring: #565f8f;
--radius: 3px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #2f3440;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #565f8f;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #9b4a3e;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #565f8f;
--chart-1: #2f3440;
--chart-2: #6b665d;
--chart-3: #565f8f;
--chart-4: #5e6f52;
--chart-5: #a76b35;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #2f3440;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #565f8f;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #565f8f;
--radius: 3px;
}
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function QuietCraftKnowledgeWorkspaceShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "quiet-craft-knowledge-workspace",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#f7f2e8",
"foreground": "#25231f",
"card": "#fffaf0",
"card-foreground": "#25231f",
"popover": "#fffaf0",
"popover-foreground": "#25231f",
"primary": "#2f3440",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#6b665d",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#7a756b",
"muted-foreground": "#25231f",
"accent": "#565f8f",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9b4a3e",
"border": "#d8d0c0",
"input": "#d8d0c0",
"ring": "#565f8f",
"chart-1": "#2f3440",
"chart-2": "#6b665d",
"chart-3": "#565f8f",
"chart-4": "#5e6f52",
"chart-5": "#a76b35",
"sidebar": "#fffaf0",
"sidebar-foreground": "#25231f",
"sidebar-primary": "#2f3440",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#565f8f",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#d8d0c0",
"sidebar-ring": "#565f8f",
"radius": "3px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#2f3440",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#565f8f",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9b4a3e",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#565f8f",
"chart-1": "#2f3440",
"chart-2": "#6b665d",
"chart-3": "#565f8f",
"chart-4": "#5e6f52",
"chart-5": "#a76b35",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#2f3440",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#565f8f",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#565f8f",
"radius": "3px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019edc8b-c3c1-7211-a3ab-d7d70150906c",
"slug": "quiet-craft-knowledge-workspace",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
}
}
}
# Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019edc8b-c3c1-7211-a3ab-d7d70150906c`
Slug: `quiet-craft-knowledge-workspace`
## Intent
Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace is a light, text-first interface language for research notes, source review, and editorial synthesis. It treats the screen like layered warm paper held by a precise Swiss grid: calm enough for sustained reading, structured enough for dense knowledge work, and subtly irregular enough to feel authored rather than sterile.
## Required primitives
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Install with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
## Token cues
Colors:
{
"accent": "#565f8f",
"background": "#f7f2e8",
"border": "#d8d0c0",
"error": "#9b4a3e",
"info": "#565f8f",
"muted": "#7a756b",
"primary": "#2f3440",
"secondary": "#6b665d",
"success": "#5e6f52",
"surface": "#fffaf0",
"text": "#25231f",
"warning": "#a76b35"
}
Typography:
{
"base_size": "16px",
"body_font": "IBM Plex Sans",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;450;500;600&family=Literata:opsz,wght@7..72,500;7..72,600&display=swap",
"heading_font": "Literata",
"letter_spacing": "-0.012em",
"line_height": 1.52,
"mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
"scale_ratio": 1.2
}
## Visual character to preserve
- Use a 12-column Swiss grid with a narrow vertical index rail and asymmetric content spans so navigation, notes, and metadata align to visible column logic.
- Render warm off-white surfaces as two or three flat paper layers using 1px hairline borders, tiny offset seams, and almost no shadow.
- Apply a repeating micro-grain CSS background with low opacity radial and linear noise abstraction on the body and major panels, never figurative motifs.
- Pair a humanist serif for titles with a compact sans for interface text and an optical mono for citations, using tight line-height and measured letter spacing.
- Reserve low-chroma indigo and persimmon accents for active focus, cited source markers, and one primary action; all other states stay ink-neutral.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": false,
"motion": "still",
"density": "dense",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
}
## Signature component recipes
### Button
Use `Button` for primary, secondary, outline, and ghost actions. Primary actions must expose the language's strongest contrast pair, while secondary and ghost actions should preserve the surface treatment instead of falling back to default neutral SaaS styling.
### Card
Use `Card`, `CardHeader`, `CardContent`, `CardFooter`, and `CardAction` as the main composition frame. Cards should demonstrate the language's surface, border, hierarchy, and density rules rather than appearing as generic rounded rectangles.
### Input and Textarea
Use `Input` and `Textarea` with visible focus rings, field labels, validation states, and the language's rhythm. Forms should show real product content, not placeholder-only controls.
### Select, Tabs, and Table
Use `Select`, `Tabs`, and `Table` to prove navigation, filtering, and dense data states. The table should show row rhythm, separators, hover/focus states, and an empty or status state when the language calls for it.
### Dialog and Sheet
Use `Dialog` for centered decisions and `Sheet` for contextual editing. Both should inherit the language's spacing, border, overlay, and motion rules.
## Preview shots
- `application-shell`: dashboard or workspace shell with navigation, cards, forms, and state badges.
- `detail-editor`: focused editing flow using input, textarea, select, switch/checkbox, dialog or sheet, and action buttons.
- `data-operations`: table-heavy operational view with tabs, dropdown menu affordances, badges, and destructive/empty states.
- Each preview shot must include a renderable `scene` payload with concrete headline, description, actions, and rows/fields/stats for the UI preview.
## Implementation contract
- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/quiet-craft-knowledge-workspace/registry-theme.json` variables, then use these recipes for composition and state design.
- Preserve Katagami token names as source metadata; shadcn semantic names are only the export surface.
- Do: Use warm off-white layers and ink-neutral typography before adding any color.; Make source, citation, and active-work states the only places for indigo or persimmon.; Keep radii nearly square and borders hairline so the interface feels like precise paper registration.; Use real knowledge-work content with citations, excerpts, drafts, and review states.
- Do not: Do not use literal Japanese icons, waves, seals, fans, or decorative calligraphy motifs.; Do not introduce generic blue SaaS buttons, large shadows, or glossy gradients.; Do not center every panel or dilute the dense reading workspace into a landing page.; Do not use accent colors for generic decoration or secondary visual noise.
## Copy-paste component example
This generated starter proves the import shape. Production Katagami agents should replace it with a language-specific product composition.
```tsx
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function QuietCraftKnowledgeWorkspaceShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
```
## Layout notes
{
"breakpoints": "mobile 375px single column, tablet 768px rail plus stacked inspector, desktop 1440px full rail/canvas/inspector grid",
"grid": "12-column grid with 24px outer margin on desktop, 16px on tablet, and a collapsible rail on mobile; content spans are intentionally asymmetric.",
"whitespace": "Whitespace is narrow and purposeful: 8px baseline increments, one quiet gutter between reading and evidence, and compact vertical grouping for long sessions."
}
{
"artifact": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots",
"version": "preview-shots-v1",
"generator": "katagami-ui-compatibility-projection",
"generatedBy": "katagami-ui-projection",
"requiresVisualProfile": true,
"schema": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots/renderable-v1",
"renderable": true,
"language": {
"id": "en-019edc8b-c3c1-7211-a3ab-d7d70150906c",
"name": "Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace",
"slug": "quiet-craft-knowledge-workspace"
},
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"identityNotes": [
"Use a 12-column Swiss grid with a narrow vertical index rail and asymmetric content spans so navigation, notes, and metadata align to visible column logic.",
"Render warm off-white surfaces as two or three flat paper layers using 1px hairline borders, tiny offset seams, and almost no shadow.",
"Apply a repeating micro-grain CSS background with low opacity radial and linear noise abstraction on the body and major panels, never figurative motifs.",
"Pair a humanist serif for titles with a compact sans for interface text and an optical mono for citations, using tight line-height and measured letter spacing.",
"Reserve low-chroma indigo and persimmon accents for active focus, cited source markers, and one primary action; all other states stay ink-neutral."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": false,
"motion": "still",
"density": "dense",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
},
"shots": [
{
"id": "application-shell",
"title": "Application shell",
"viewport": "desktop",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"select",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"table"
],
"composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
"mustShow": [
"primary and secondary actions",
"card hierarchy",
"filterable state",
"table or list density"
],
"avoid": [
"component inventory walls",
"placeholder-only content",
"generic rounded SaaS chrome"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "workspace spread",
"headline": "Quiet Craft Knowledge Workspace launch room",
"description": "A product team workspace where navigation, filters, metrics, and dense rows carry the language's visible structure.",
"primaryAction": "Apply theme",
"secondaryAction": "Review states",
"stats": [
{
"label": "components",
"value": "16",
"tone": "accent"
},
{
"label": "states",
"value": "ready"
},
{
"label": "density",
"value": "balanced",
"tone": "warning"
}
],
"rows": [
{
"label": "Primary flow",
"value": "mapped",
"status": "active"
},
{
"label": "Token coverage",
"value": "semantic",
"status": "synced"
},
{
"label": "Responsive proof",
"value": "queued",
"status": "review"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Active",
"Synced",
"Draft"
]
}
},
{
"id": "detail-editor",
"title": "Detail editor",
"viewport": "tablet",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"dialog",
"sheet"
],
"composition": "A focused editing flow with form fields, validation, confirmation, and a contextual side panel.",
"mustShow": [
"focus ring",
"error or destructive state",
"dialog or sheet treatment",
"written guidance content"
],
"avoid": [
"unstyled browser controls",
"floating cards inside cards",
"missing labels"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "editing flow",
"headline": "Language recipe editor",
"description": "A focused form proving labels, validation, toggles, panel rhythm, and action hierarchy.",
"primaryAction": "Save recipe",
"secondaryAction": "Open sheet",
"fields": [
{
"label": "Component family",
"value": "Narrative cards"
},
{
"label": "State treatment",
"value": "Visible focus + validation"
},
{
"label": "Motion",
"value": "Small lift, no opacity-only fade"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Focus",
"Invalid",
"Confirmed"
]
}
},
{
"id": "data-operations",
"title": "Data operations",
"viewport": "mobile",
"primitives": [
"button",
"tabs",
"badge",
"dropdown-menu",
"table",
"tooltip",
"separator"
],
"composition": "A compact operational view proving row rhythm, stacked actions, menu states, badges, and empty/destructive states.",
"mustShow": [
"responsive reflow",
"dense row styling",
"menu affordance",
"status badge system"
],
"avoid": [
"desktop-only tables",
"text overflow",
"default shadcn spacing without Katagami character"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "operations",
"headline": "Compact review queue",
"description": "A narrow viewport scene with rows, menus, tooltips, badges, and destructive affordances.",
"primaryAction": "Resolve",
"secondaryAction": "Filter",
"rows": [
{
"label": "Button hierarchy",
"value": "approved",
"status": "ok"
},
{
"label": "Table rhythm",
"value": "needs pass",
"status": "watch"
},
{
"label": "Empty state",
"value": "designed",
"status": "done"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Queued",
"Blocked",
"Done"
]
}
}
],
"componentRecipes": [
{
"primitive": "button",
"intent": "Prove action hierarchy, focus, disabled, and destructive states."
},
{
"primitive": "card",
"intent": "Carry the language surface, border, elevation, and density rules."
},
{
"primitive": "input",
"intent": "Show labels, focus rings, validation, and spacing rhythm."
},
{
"primitive": "textarea",
"intent": "Show longer guidance, validation copy, and writing density."
},
{
"primitive": "select",
"intent": "Show filtering, selection contrast, and menu trigger styling."
},
{
"primitive": "dialog",
"intent": "Show centered decision states and overlay treatment."
},
{
"primitive": "sheet",
"intent": "Show contextual side panels and responsive editing."
},
{
"primitive": "tabs",
"intent": "Show navigational structure and active/inactive contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "badge",
"intent": "Show compact status vocabulary and semantic colors."
},
{
"primitive": "separator",
"intent": "Show section rhythm without generic gray dividers."
},
{
"primitive": "checkbox",
"intent": "Show binary selection with visible focus and checked states."
},
{
"primitive": "switch",
"intent": "Show settings toggles and on/off contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "slider",
"intent": "Show numeric adjustment with track/thumb styling."
},
{
"primitive": "tooltip",
"intent": "Show concise explanation styling above compact controls."
},
{
"primitive": "dropdown-menu",
"intent": "Show action menus, destructive items, and grouped choices."
},
{
"primitive": "table",
"intent": "Show dense operational data, separators, row states, and responsive behavior."
}
],
"qualityRules": {
"do": [
"Use warm off-white layers and ink-neutral typography before adding any color.",
"Make source, citation, and active-work states the only places for indigo or persimmon.",
"Keep radii nearly square and borders hairline so the interface feels like precise paper registration.",
"Use real knowledge-work content with citations, excerpts, drafts, and review states."
],
"dont": [
"Do not use literal Japanese icons, waves, seals, fans, or decorative calligraphy motifs.",
"Do not introduce generic blue SaaS buttons, large shadows, or glossy gradients.",
"Do not center every panel or dilute the dense reading workspace into a landing page.",
"Do not use accent colors for generic decoration or secondary visual noise."
]
}
}